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DAYS OF OUR LIVES's Alison Sweeney (Sami) is expecting her second child in January, 2009. "I'm so thrilled and everyone is super excited, but I got three hugs from James [Scott, EJ] because I think it's his first experience knowing someone actually going through it," says Sweeney. "It was really cute." The actress announced the news at a taping of the BIGGEST LOSER Monday night, then told her DAYS castmates when she got to work on Tuesday. Sweeney and husband Dave Sanov are already the parents of a son, Ben, 3. No word yet on whether DAYS will write the pregnancy in.

I was actually hoping she'd get pregnant soon, so we'll actually have a decent breathing period away from Sami. Maybe I'll actually like her again when she comes back, since I haven't been able to enjoy her for over a year, now.

Cute announcement, and here's to a vacation from Sami :) No offense, but Ali's probably got like three years of vacation to take considering she's never been off since she began DAYS.

If I recall, she went without story for a period of several months in 2001. Half the year or so, I believe. I could be wrong though, but I remember a "Plan to Save Days" cover with Ali on the cover, and inside Langan was promising that we'd be seeing more of Sami because she's such a ratings grabber. As a result, we were stuck with the Sami/Austin pairing... GAG!

But yeah, I see your point. She's been on the screen waaaaaay too much.

Cute announcement, and here's to a vacation from Sami :) No offense, but Ali's probably got like three years of vacation to take considering she's never been off since she began DAYS.

If I recall, she went without story for a period of several months in 2001. Half the year or so, I believe. I could be wrong though, but I remember a "Plan to Save Days" cover with Ali on the cover, and inside Langan was promising that we'd be seeing more of Sami because she's such a ratings grabber. As a result, we were stuck with the Sami/Austin pairing... GAG!

But yeah, I see your point. She's been on the screen waaaaaay too much.

Sami/Austin ended shortly after and Langan was actually the first writer to backburner Sami. From June 2001-early October 2001, we didn't see Sami at all. That had never happened before. The only time she was off for an extended period was when she was put on a story-dictated hiatus in spring 1995 only to return for Carrie and Austin's first wedding to reveal she was pregnant with Will. Other then these two instances, Sami has always been frontburner it seems. I, too, think it's time she gets a break.

That was a cute announcement though. She seemed a bit uncomfortable with the attention, which is unusual for her because Ali seems to love it, but I can't blame her. This is something you don't usually announce on TV but it ended up being a nice, honest, moment for her. I wish her all the best and she does seem happy. It was cute seeing how Jillian accused her of liking Bob better LOL.

The only time she was off for an extended period was when she was put on a story-dictated hiatus in spring 1995

Wasn't that when her family allegedly threatened to pull her from the show because of Robert Kelker Kelly being creepy or something? So does that really count?

That is the rumor, which is pretty much all but true.

Days claimed it was story-dictated and I even think they mentioned it was used to help along the transition from Muldoon to Peck as Austin since Carrie and Austin went after her for a few weeks.

It does count though because the show ended up pulling her, even if it was for other reasons other then story. I should point out though that even that hiatus was rather short as Ali was back onscreen around July, so only about 3 months without her. June-October 2001 was really the longgest period without her and I am still shocked to this day Langan and Corday backburnered her.